This past Friday we were treated to a short but very sweet visit from my dad, also known as "Opa." We looked forward to this little visit for two weeks and made the most of our time with him. The day started out with Opa helping out in Emmy's classroom. He loved seeing her classroom, watching her awesome teacher in action, and meeting all of Emmy's classmates. Emmy was so proud to show him off to everyone. When he got home from Emmy's school, he spent some one-on-one time with Sophie, in the rain, looking for bugs. This is Sophie's favorite thing to do, and she loves it even more on a rainy day.
After lunch, we all headed to San Francisco, where we sampled Ghiradelli chocolate and rode the cable cars through the city. When we got back, we went out to eat at one of my favorite places, Howie's Artisan Pizza, and then came home and had a mini celebration for Opa's birthday, which was earlier in March. At this point, I normally would have put my kids to bed. But they were just so happy to be with him, that I let them stay up late, playing games and reading stories. They didn't go to bed until almost ten, but it was totally worth it.
The next morning, he had to leave at 5:30 in the morning, so when Emmy woke up, he was already gone. She told me that when she looked down and saw his empty bed (he slept on the bottom bunk of her bunk bed), she cried a little bit. So sweet! Opa, we all love you! (And we love the longer hair style too!)
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| Opa and Sophie are off to find bugs |
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| Emmy and Sophie look at the long line of people waiting to ride the trolley |
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| A proud Opa with Baby Ryan |
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| Opa and Sophie on the cable car |
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| Opa with his three grandbabies |
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| so tired after such a journey |
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| Fun times playing the new Fairytale Spinner Game, courtesy of Nannie and Opa |
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| Emmy's gift to Opa |
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| I love how she put the picture of herself and Opa holding the picture of themselves |
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| Happy Birthday to the best dad and grandpa ever! |
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| Sophie laughing sooo hard because the candles were tricks |
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| Emmy showing off her reading abilities before bedtime |
